Hiking with D&G

 It was a gorgeous day - so we took advantage and went for a hike around Deception Pass with our good friends D and G.

Playing on the beach at Rosario Beach

One happy baby in the sun...

D with baby O

Really, no words. How awesome is this photo:


(D with baby O. True love, I tell ya!)

More roadtripping

We left our family in the valley and headed to San Francisco.

This is an attempt to take a photo with my daughter.


We hiked Muir Woods - absolutely lovely. It took seven photos to get one where we were all (minus O, of course) looking at the camera:


Then we headed North and drove our car through this tree:


And got to play in the Redwood forest.






My handsome hubby:





Nursing amongst the giants...

Delightful!

Trip to California

We took our 2 year old Fi and 6 week old O and hit the road. We drove down to California to visit family. Here are the kids at my sister's house:





And a special treat at my other sister's house - here are a couple pics of great-grandma (Oma) and the kidlings... What a fantastic mother's day!



And here is grandma and great grandma with O and baby Viv:

Well worth the drive. All 14 hours of it. :)

No, thank you!

A few Fi-isms of late:

At childcare, another child was poking her in the head. She turned to him and said, "No, thank you." He persisted in poking her in the head. She said, "I said 'No, thank you', I don't like it!". The teacher stepped in and praised Fi for such clear communication, and stopped the poking.

In the car, the sun came out (for about a minute). "It's too bright, mama, too bright!!" Oh boy.

In a similar vein, I had Fi try on some of her clothes for an upcoming trip to CA. I put some shorts on her with a tank top. She looked down at her bare legs and said, "Need pants mama!". I tried to explain that shorts are pants you wear when it's hot out - but then had no clear explanation for what "hot out" means. She'll have to find out.

Latest family portrait

Yep, we're a family of four now.

Owen - first weeks

He has gained 3.5 pounds in 3.5 weeks. If he keeps this up, he will outweigh his two year old sister by the time he is four months old. I know, I know, it's just a growth spurt and he will stop nursing continuously sometime soon. But soon ain't here yet....